I've watched 1,000 videos on driving and this is one of the few that one that focusses on real issues and gives simple fixes. Off to the driving range now with a spring in my step!
I just watched your video about 45 minutes ago and the grip section had me thinking. I took my free P wedge and went outside( while on deployment) and tried out the change. FML it changed everything!! Control up, stroke more consistent and I can actually hit ball then turf 95% instead of maybe 50/50. It feels better and can’t wait to get home and get fit for my first set in twenty years. Thanks for your time and information.
I'm new to the channel. This guy is incredible. In the three videos I've vastly increased my club head speed and consistency. The first video I watched was a full lesson with a student, the second video ( and most useful for me) was the video explaining releasing the club, and then this one. Unbelievably fast results (to be fair, Im a good athlete and I used to be a dancer, so I'm used to watching something and being able to duplicate it with my body)
Thanks Mark! This is a wonderful video. I have shared it(and your channel) with all my friends. I was hitting my drives between 210 and 220. After putting the techniques you show in this video into my swing I am driving in the 240 to 250 range. One drive I hit 274 yards(with considerable help from the wind😅)! Thank you again and please keep making these vids.
Another banger Mark! Seriously, the visual aids are totally helpful for people like me that can’t just go off of words. More so, it’s great to understand the differences between hitting a long iron and a driver. Thanks bruh!
Unbelievably helpful, Mark. ***A word of caution if these present significant changes from your current swing: Start these changes at 50% and then work your speed back into them. Otherwise you'll get frustrated very quickly. But make no mistake, this is priceless information for the golfer struggling off the tee.
Thank you for not using loads of unfamiliar language and weird terms to explain. All made perfect sense. I really appreciated you demonstrating the different types of wrist extension & showing some tips for the grip, too. If it wasn't 2am I'd be heading to the range now to try it out!
Hi Mark - great video.. I wanted to ask a question.. I used the grip as advised - found it great for the driver but for the irons I pulled (that then drew even more) every shot but had a great strike?? Any idea why?
you're likely getting a better strike because the strong grip tends to close the club face and the ball strikes the middle of the iron face. The face is closed to path, hence the pull-hook.
I’ve had lessons and been trying to hit up. Using half ball under lead foot, push down, jump etc and can do all that easy without the ball. With ball….! Nah! Couldn’t work out why….then saw you opening 15 se dons and that is EXACTLY my finishing position! Thanks, hopefully breakthrough thought for me
Great vid ..Thanks Mark, that is certainly how I look at the end of my swing (the bad forward finish that is) I'll work on your advice, that was so well explained
Great video. I will try this . But just had ankle replacement surgery and will have to wait til June before I put all of this in motion. Thank you very much. Im from Ohio or I would come to see you. Thanks
Last year was my first season golfing. Originally my back swing was to much behind me so I wasn't really achieving full power, over the winter I practiced getting a much wider arc ( wall drill ) and then I applied your swing thought of tilting vs rotating the shoulders and am absolutely crushing my irons. Averages last year with 7-iron were a measly 130-140 yards with what seemed to be good contact, this year my 7-iron stock yardage is 175 and I can get it up to about 190 if I really put some swing juice behind it. Thanks for the tips, I'm convinced you're the most informative on a relatable level. Coming from someone who spent the first year of golf watching nearly every golf instruction possible.
Mark, I always, enjoy your videos, you are one of the ones to hell break the myths, and explains it in a simple way. You realize though, thus video has a Ton of information in it. 😂. I would love to have a lesson with you, but I'm a swede living in Germany, will probably not happen anytime soon. But thanks again for a great Vid, with a bit of information overflow
Finally! As a ten year I taught my self to grip the grip at the base of the fingers. I hit the ball sweet as. I had 3 pro’s teach this out of me ( as was the thing in the 80’s). Unfortunately I listened to them and battled to hit straight or long. If only we knew then what technology shows us now!
Excellent. My issue w the grip is that I have very small hands so tough not to keep in the palm of my hands. Would you recommend smaller grip size or do something else?
Great video. When you say that when the trail shoulder tries to hit the tee on the way through and that this will lead to extension in the follow through, i think, for more advanced golfers, there is more to it. Would you do a video on the proper lower body pressure shifts needed in order to finish the swing in a position of extension? There is more to it than pointing the trail shoulder at the tee on the way through the ball. In order to actually point the trail shoulder at the tee on the way through, the lower body has to be working in a certain way. I hope you will address this or, if you have addressed it before, then please address again. Thanks.
Brilliant video Mark. I can't wait to try your tips this afternoon. I have the problem with my driver that i have lots of speed but i don't maximize my ball speed and distance. I am hitting it low in the face and probably striking down on the ball.
Great video Mark. That’s me all over. I play off 3 and always had a very shallow swing and tried over the winter to get it a bit steeper. Since then I’ve had the high slice and it’s ruining me. Your explanation makes total sense and you can rest assure I’ll be working hard on those drills. Thanks lad ⛳️🏌🏻♂️👍
Good tips Mark, I have a question though, I do all the setup like you say, I actually take too long on most of my prep tee shots with driver but the question is the hands, with irons they are always ahead of the ball, what about with driver should they be level with the ball or slightly behind or ahead of the balls thank s. It is hard taking advice from many different youtube golfers some say dont use your shoulders some say you must use your shoulders some say dont hinge your wrists early yet nearly every player you watch on setup before hitting even you Mark hinges the club back and forth before the swing weird that we do it yet you shouldnt hinge or cock wrists early in the swing ?
Hi Mark, your timing to release this video and the last one is just perfectly, unlike my my driver swing which is killing me off the tee. I've had lessons but my brain seems to be frozen!! I think the light may have just come back on💡😂 thanks
While watching this video and one of your similar early driver videos you said something that clicked; keep the tilt hit with the trail shoulder. Can this be used with FWs, hybrids, and irons?
Mark, this has to be the best lesson I've seen recently on the fundamentals of maximizing driver distance but I still have issues!! I'm short, 5' 5" and feel like I'm swinging really flat when I try these feelings. I play an inch shorter shaft which has helped a bit but would still like some help and advice for the vertically challenged.
I'm 5'6. Avg. 280 driver. Have driven 304 recently. Ball speed around 170 usually. Played baseball my whole life so have good swing mechanics and also lift weights.
Hi mark! I just had a driver I was fitted for checked as I was convinced it was wrong as I could not stop it hitting the moon, but I tend to tee it up quite high (orange or above) in the fitting I hit 9 up off them tees but find the middle 95% of the time, but they had me hit it off a pink tee which I never use to bring launch spin and attack numbers into line, would you agree with them doing that? Thanks
Go watch his initial review of this shaft. Autoflex. Or the million of other reviews over the last few years. Two colour versions, rainbow or pink/black. Most have the pink, Mark explains his choice of the rainbow in his video.
So few instructors point out how much good golfers tilt their shoulders towards the ground, especially on the downswing…roughly 52 degrees from level which is waaaay more than us hackers do or even realise! This is how compression and lag are created and hence from where power emerges without swinging yourself out of your shoes!
I’m struggling with hitting up too much ,between 14 and 19 degrees launch angle. So for me I need to feel like I’m hitting down on it even though I’m not. Also I’m a drawer of the ball not a slicer.
Think missing important point. If Your hips does not move propably it is not possible to make a deep shoulder tilt. Overall All can agree a shoulder turn is important,, but if you hips just stand still it is not possible
Come on hero where’s your video to DISPROVE 1 of the most respected coaches going around since you know soo much about golf and how to have the perfect swing🤔
I've watched 1,000 videos on driving and this is one of the few that one that focusses on real issues and gives simple fixes. Off to the driving range now with a spring in my step!
Let me know if it helps.
Undoubtedly the most comprehensive driver video I’ve ever seen. Well done and thank you Mark!
This is to be one the best explanations of the driver swing I’ve seen to date. Thank you!
No problem Bill.
I just watched your video about 45 minutes ago and the grip section had me thinking. I took my free P wedge and went outside( while on deployment) and tried out the change. FML it changed everything!! Control up, stroke more consistent and I can actually hit ball then turf 95% instead of maybe 50/50. It feels better and can’t wait to get home and get fit for my first set in twenty years. Thanks for your time and information.
I think, maybe your best driver swing video to date Mark- can't wait to try!
Thanks Mark I've been struggling a little with my driver. The guru comes to the rescue again. Feels like I've been watching you for ever.
This is brilliant ... finally someone explains these driver swing problems and the solution ... the proper solution!!! Thankyou
You are welcome.
I'm new to the channel. This guy is incredible. In the three videos I've vastly increased my club head speed and consistency.
The first video I watched was a full lesson with a student, the second video ( and most useful for me) was the video explaining releasing the club, and then this one. Unbelievably fast results (to be fair, Im a good athlete and I used to be a dancer, so I'm used to watching something and being able to duplicate it with my body)
Great advice Mark. Have been having trouble trying to visualise this before this video.
Brilliant hope it helps. 👍
I just had my heart in my mouth, great video Grant and Henry.
The new focus on distance on your channel is perfect. I love the direction!!
Thanks Mark! This is a wonderful video. I have shared it(and your channel) with all my friends. I was hitting my drives between 210 and 220. After putting the techniques you show in this video into my swing I am driving in the 240 to 250 range. One drive I hit 274 yards(with considerable help from the wind😅)! Thank you again and please keep making these vids.
Best video I’ve seen for what I am dealing with right now. Thanks for giving me some direction and things to work on.
Awesome coach, clear, concise & practical demonstration. Thanks Mark.
Another banger Mark! Seriously, the visual aids are totally helpful for people like me that can’t just go off of words. More so, it’s great to understand the differences between hitting a long iron and a driver. Thanks bruh!
so amazing!! he explains points so clearly in details which many taught right things but dont make me understand why?
I will try to put this into practice. Thank you!
This is the best explanation for me. Thank you sir
You are welcome.
Fantastic drill and explanation of why we love distance and direction. Will start working on the drills. Thanks. Cheers
Let me know if they help.
I love “knocking the ball off tee with left shoulder” then “knocking the ball off the tee with right shoulder”! 👏
Hope it helps.
Wow- great advice- exactly what I’ve been struggling with.
Unbelievably helpful, Mark. ***A word of caution if these present significant changes from your current swing: Start these changes at 50% and then work your speed back into them. Otherwise you'll get frustrated very quickly. But make no mistake, this is priceless information for the golfer struggling off the tee.
👍👍
Great video. Thank you
Great video. I’ve been applying this setup with my driver and it really works. Especially “left shoulder at the tee, right shoulder at the tee”.
Saved in my golf drills, well done mate.
😇
Cool
This is a good video it gets to the point..
Nice visual...throwing your trail shoulder at the ball! Thanks Mark!
At last, a very clear explanation on how to grip the club. Brilliant lesson. Thank you
Thank you for not using loads of unfamiliar language and weird terms to explain. All made perfect sense. I really appreciated you demonstrating the different types of wrist extension & showing some tips for the grip, too. If it wasn't 2am I'd be heading to the range now to try it out!
Great lesson, I have a tendency to do all of these issues!
Hi Mark - great video.. I wanted to ask a question.. I used the grip as advised - found it great for the driver but for the irons I pulled (that then drew even more) every shot but had a great strike?? Any idea why?
you're likely getting a better strike because the strong grip tends to close the club face and the ball strikes the middle of the iron face. The face is closed to path, hence the pull-hook.
This guys a gifted coach. Had to sub
I’ve had lessons and been trying to hit up. Using half ball under lead foot, push down, jump etc and can do all that easy without the ball. With ball….! Nah! Couldn’t work out why….then saw you opening 15 se dons and that is EXACTLY my finishing position! Thanks, hopefully breakthrough thought for me
Great vid ..Thanks Mark, that is certainly how I look at the end of my swing (the bad forward finish that is) I'll work on your advice, that was so well explained
Great video Mark 👍🏻 few of these will be practiced this week
Great stuff Mark. Seems very similar to the Stack and Tilt driver swing.
Always such good simple ideas.
Thanks I hope they help.
Great info Mark. Really useful and easy to understand.
Top content!
Thanks glad it helped
Great video. I will try this . But just had ankle replacement surgery and will have to wait til June before I put all of this in motion. Thank you very much. Im from Ohio or I would come to see you. Thanks
About 7:00 min you mention your other videos about shoulder plane. Can you reply with links please thanks
th-cam.com/video/xCcI8VT-6PM/w-d-xo.html
Another great video, thanks Mark.
Thanks.
Lovely video very good explanation of the mechanics of the swing 👍 what is a good launch angle with a /10.5 deg driver? Thank you
Last year was my first season golfing. Originally my back swing was to much behind me so I wasn't really achieving full power, over the winter I practiced getting a much wider arc ( wall drill ) and then I applied your swing thought of tilting vs rotating the shoulders and am absolutely crushing my irons. Averages last year with 7-iron were a measly 130-140 yards with what seemed to be good contact, this year my 7-iron stock yardage is 175 and I can get it up to about 190 if I really put some swing juice behind it.
Thanks for the tips, I'm convinced you're the most informative on a relatable level. Coming from someone who spent the first year of golf watching nearly every golf instruction possible.
Really really helpful and great explanation. Especially with your recent tilt don’t turn video. Thanks.
Thank you.
This is the video you should follow to unlock driver distance and hit it straight. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Mr Crossfield.
Mark, I always, enjoy your videos, you are one of the ones to hell break the myths, and explains it in a simple way. You realize though, thus video has a Ton of information in it. 😂. I would love to have a lesson with you, but I'm a swede living in Germany, will probably not happen anytime soon. But thanks again for a great Vid, with a bit of information overflow
Great explanations Mark, cheers.👍
Finally! As a ten year I taught my self to grip the grip at the base of the fingers. I hit the ball sweet as. I had 3 pro’s teach this out of me ( as was the thing in the 80’s). Unfortunately I listened to them and battled to hit straight or long. If only we knew then what technology shows us now!
Love the shaft.
Thanks
Hi Mark, really helpful video and helped with my driver. Is that grip technique okay for irons and wedges too? Interested to know your thoughts.
Giving away gold for free as usual Mark! Such great info from your channel, you deserve way more subscribers.
I am happy just providing good info. 👍👍 thanks for watching.
Excellent videos thanks Mark, ps a couple of really short videos would help
Excellent. My issue w the grip is that I have very small hands so tough not to keep in the palm of my hands.
Would you recommend smaller grip size or do something else?
Great video. When you say that when the trail shoulder tries to hit the tee on the way through and that this will lead to extension in the follow through, i think, for more advanced golfers, there is more to it. Would you do a video on the proper lower body pressure shifts needed in order to finish the swing in a position of extension? There is more to it than pointing the trail shoulder at the tee on the way through the ball. In order to actually point the trail shoulder at the tee on the way through, the lower body has to be working in a certain way. I hope you will address this or, if you have addressed it before, then please address again. Thanks.
Brilliant video Mark. I can't wait to try your tips this afternoon. I have the problem with my driver that i have lots of speed but i don't maximize my ball speed and distance. I am hitting it low in the face and probably striking down on the ball.
Let me know if it helps.
Good stuff....thanks for posting
Great video Mark. That’s me all over. I play off 3 and always had a very shallow swing and tried over the winter to get it a bit steeper. Since then I’ve had the high slice and it’s ruining me. Your explanation makes total sense and you can rest assure I’ll be working hard on those drills. Thanks lad ⛳️🏌🏻♂️👍
Good tips Mark, I have a question though, I do all the setup like you say, I actually take too long on most of my prep tee shots with driver but the question is the hands, with irons they are always ahead of the ball, what about with driver should they be level with the ball or slightly behind or ahead of the balls thank s. It is hard taking advice from many different youtube golfers some say dont use your shoulders some say you must use your shoulders some say dont hinge your wrists early yet nearly every player you watch on setup before hitting even you Mark hinges the club back and forth before the swing weird that we do it yet you shouldnt hinge or cock wrists early in the swing ?
Hi Mark, your timing to release this video and the last one is just perfectly, unlike my my driver swing which is killing me off the tee. I've had lessons but my brain seems to be frozen!! I think the light may have just come back on💡😂 thanks
While watching this video and one of your similar early driver videos you said something that clicked; keep the tilt hit with the trail shoulder. Can this be used with FWs, hybrids, and irons?
Mark, this has to be the best lesson I've seen recently on the fundamentals of maximizing driver distance but I still have issues!! I'm short, 5' 5" and feel like I'm swinging really flat when I try these feelings. I play an inch shorter shaft which has helped a bit but would still like some help and advice for the vertically challenged.
I'm 5'6. Avg. 280 driver. Have driven 304 recently. Ball speed around 170 usually. Played baseball my whole life so have good swing mechanics and also lift weights.
Mark is amazing 🤩. If I had 4 weeks with him I would be a single digit hcpt
Loving the AutoFlex
Mark really is a great coach, along with Danny Maude he is the best.
Got to include Paul Wilson in there for straight talking, helpful and lightbulb moment techniques
Hi mark! I just had a driver I was fitted for checked as I was convinced it was wrong as I could not stop it hitting the moon, but I tend to tee it up quite high (orange or above) in the fitting I hit 9 up off them tees but find the middle 95% of the time, but they had me hit it off a pink tee which I never use to bring launch spin and attack numbers into line, would you agree with them doing that? Thanks
Can you hold the club in your left hand, bottom of the
Little finger to the middle of the index?
Having the feel of hitting the ball with your trail shoulder…..is that for driver woods and hybrids only where you want launch or all clubs?
i have question for you do you hit ball with your right hand or do you hit with your both hands.
Yet another video that just makes me want to get out on the golf course again
Love it
Have a listen to Hack it out golf podcast with Mark very, very good.
brilliant
thanks bro
What length is this driver that you are playing?
Marks what’s up with the colors on the driver shaft, I’d find it distracting.
Go watch his initial review of this shaft. Autoflex. Or the million of other reviews over the last few years. Two colour versions, rainbow or pink/black. Most have the pink, Mark explains his choice of the rainbow in his video.
Haha 😂
Would this be the reason why some times I feel my little finger on my back hand not gripping.
So few instructors point out how much good golfers tilt their shoulders towards the ground, especially on the downswing…roughly 52 degrees from level which is waaaay more than us hackers do or even realise! This is how compression and lag are created and hence from where power emerges without swinging yourself out of your shoes!
I’m struggling with hitting up too much ,between 14 and 19 degrees launch angle. So for me I need to feel like I’m hitting down on it even though I’m not. Also I’m a drawer of the ball not a slicer.
I have the same apparent issue but it’s not that I’m “hitting up” excessively, rather I’m adding loft by flipping the hands at impact.
Ahhh ...penny dropped with the shoulder bits 🆒
Love it.
Where cd I buy this shat? What brand?
Basically Stack and Tilt, and that's a good thing to learn.
This is not new, Jack played like this along with all the best over the Morden age.
that shaft
That shaft is minging MC....🤦😄
Haha
I love it 😂
In your opinion
Love it too :D
Good thing it’s not yours then 😂
Pink castles.. best tees
Bigger GRip???
stack and tilt????
When are we going to see Lou in action Mark?
Never thought bubbles would give me great advice on golf but okay
So how come so many of us hit down with drivers when we should hitting up and then up with irons when we should be hitting down?😮
Because many golfers are not great at controlling,
Loft,
Low point
And then path.
They are all part of the pie. 👍
Where did you get the gay pride shaft mate ?
Must be British or Australian to do golf instruction video.
Brits accents are comforting and pleasant compared to some Californian or new yorker
If you want to improve your on-course performance, learn what pros are doing that ams are not here: th-cam.com/video/NP9Rt7cRweQ/w-d-xo.html
I don’t no mark I see more of a face open resulting in high slice not low slice 😅
Could ya just go through the correct motion in one set please
Too much of what you shouldn’t do. Need more of what ya should do!
What you should do is what you shouldn’t do.
“Shaftoid” shaft utopia! 😃
Chase the rainbow 🌈
Does it help to have a shaft that akins to Joseph's multi colored coat😂
That shaft is terrible 😂
Haha 😂
What is the brand name? Where cd I buy it?
Think missing important point. If Your hips does not move propably it is not possible to make a deep shoulder tilt. Overall All can agree a shoulder turn is important,, but if you hips just stand still it is not possible
Show us your videos on how to fix the issue or pipe down
Come on hero where’s your video to DISPROVE 1 of the most respected coaches going around since you know soo much about golf and how to have the perfect swing🤔
What shaft is that 😂😂😂
Great swing video, But, that horrible looking shaft?